mr kingy Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Arrived at our spot at 6.00am last saturday. Perfect conditions NE nice bump in the ocean , nice colour water. Rigged up quickly and started spinning with my cousin Dan. Enquired with the other fishos , if anything had been caught or seen ( apparently nothing but a few follows they said salmon.) With that in mind we knew the fish were there,they had to be couldn't have asked for better conditions . After spinning for about 10 mins we had follows but no takes .I quickly turned to dan & chris another fisho and said wait till the sun comes up .Not long after the sun had risen Dan had follows 2 nice kings. I had a nice enquiry , but no hook up, not to worry ( encouraging ) bait was tail munched . I quickly went to rig up again , just finished rigging up when I LOOK UP & SEE DAN WAS ON A SOLID FISH(KING) I quickly put my rod down grabbed the gaff & before dan could say i need the gaff , i was standing next to him( teamwork). This fish was solid peeling 60lb braid like there was no drag set , but the drag was locked up. After taking some punishing runs trying to reef dan up , i told him to stick it to him . 10 mins later a solid king was at our feet nervously waiting to be washed up on the rocks ( gaff wasn't an extendable) . the fish was landed a solid 94cm king . After seeing that fish there had to be more out there.I grabbed my rod & started spinning . 5 mins had passed and Dan was back on the rocks spinning after a celebratorie ciggy.We continued spinning & getting continious follows . By now the other fishos packed it in. (as they say persistence pays ). We had the rock to ourselves . As i was spinning had a solid king follow all the way to the rocks , quickly casted again , as i was casting Dans bait was crunched ( love that feeling ) . Again the reel was screaming another solid king . This fish was a dirty fighter as they all are trying to reef dan up , but Dan was having none of that . he stuck it to him changing angles on the fish with the rod to get him away from the reef . After a solid 10 min fight the fish was at our feet again but this fish had more left in him ,he tried to reef him up under the rocks . Had no option but to free spool the him and then stick it to him again , the fish was finally washed up . This fish was dark obviously on the hunt and a hefty 97 cm not bad for the rocks . After a couple of happy snaps and celebaratory ciggies we started spinning again , with weather changing & 2 solid kings we decided to pack it in & get the fish on ice as quick as possible & head for a few I guess it wasn't my day i guess it had to be dans after catching over 40 kings & none keepers ( all released to fight another day). top day on the rocks ( landbased what a rush................... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Nice report mate well done to fishraider to post photos have a look at this link http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=23285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel99 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Well done mate! Some nice kings, where were you guys fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SZ1 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Awsome fish from the stones mate, great effort. Cheers, SZ1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh191 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Awesome effort off the rocks guys, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Great effort on some very nice kings. Not a bad Jew spot that one either. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevoro Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Awesome catch mate!!! Where abouts were you fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Top kingies guys, well done Wont ask where you guys where fishing as im sure you want to hit it a few times before the rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjustedpete Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 That is awesome mate and a fine read too.. I bet the was flowing that night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattiehunter991 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 thats heaps good, esp landbased ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Nice Kings there guys, and well done getting them off the rocks pengiun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outfisher Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I use to fish North Whale Beach point on that ledge years ago great place in a 2m ne swell for snapper as well. Pulled out some good kings from that point. cheers outfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1sh3rm4n Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 great catch of the stones, still waiting for the day when i catch one of those beauties of the rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 top catch esp fishing lb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottyscotty Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 nice fish! its always a rewarding challenge catching big fish off the rocks may i ask what you were using to catch them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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